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Hays, MT

967 Population
27.1 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±4.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Blaine County: 33.9 ±1.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$21,427 ±$4,246 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Blaine County: $27,817 ±$2,586
  • about half the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$57,875 ±$25,036 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Blaine County: $65,050 † ±$6,474
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

29.6% ±11.3% (286  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Blaine County: 20.2% † 1,393 (±3.8% / ±258)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

15.9 minutes ±3.1 (4,520  ±1,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Blaine County: 15.9 † 34,895 (±1.6 / ±4,545)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

257 ±46 Number of households
  • Blaine County: 2,297 ±102
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
3.8 ±0.3 (967  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Blaine County: 3 6,810 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

3.7% ±5.7% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Blaine County: 5.3% † 80 (±3.8% / ±57)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

305 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Blaine County: 2,824 ±24
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$61,100 ±$17,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Blaine County: $124,900 † ±$37,521
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

2.3% ±2.9% (22  ±28.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Blaine County: 10.3% † 707 (±3.1% / ±211.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

83.9% ±24% (505  ±100.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blaine County: 90.6% 3,918 (±5.8% / ±259.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
14.5% ±8.6% (87  ±54.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Blaine County: 25.8% † 1,118 (±3.3% / ±144.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±2.4% (18  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Blaine County: 1.1% 79
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

8.6% ±3.8% (62  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Blaine County: 6% † 296 (±1.6% / ±80)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
62 Total veterans ±30 54 Male ±29 8 Female ±8

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